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VT-245 Week 1
Week 1
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 4
07/01/2015

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Term
Patient already had a problem
Definition
During a surgery on a dog, there is endogenous contamination. How could this happen?
Term
Open gloving
Definition
A cat needs to undergo a urinary catheter placement. Would you use open or closed gloving technique?
Term
Sterile saline
Definition
When doing a lavage on an abdomen, what type of fluid would you use?
Term
Prepucial preparation
Definition
A male dog presents for an abdominal surgery for an umbilical surgery. What type of perpetration must be done?
Term
Once the patient is in surgery and tied down to the surgery table.
Definition
When do you do the third sterile scrub?
Term
Iodine scrub with iodine solution.
Definition
What scrub and rinse solution would you not use together?
Term
Alcohol
Definition
When using electrocautery, what should be avoided?
Term
To protect the incision from the skin
Definition
Why do we place sterile towels around the incision?
Term
Express the bladder.
Definition
Trixie has been prepped for a spay. When preparing for surgery, what needs to be done after clipping?
Term
All living microorganisms and their spores.
Definition
You are given the job of keeping the surgery aseptic. What do you need to make sure is gone for asepsis?
Term
Change gloves before lifting items out of the pack.
Definition
As a circulating tech, you are asked to check the pack for sterility. You do not see an tears or rips on the outside of the pack. You then open the pack and begin handing the veterinarian the instruments. The vet gets upset and tells you , you've broken asepsis. What should you have done differently?
Term
Let the veterinarian known there is Strike through
Definition
You notice that fluid is seeping through the sterile drape, what should you do?
Term
pre-scrotal
Definition
Where is the incision made for a dog to be castrated?
Term
Lubrication of hinges.
Definition
What does instrument milk do for the instrument?
Term
It can put pressure on the diaphragm, which makes respiration difficult.
Definition
A disadvantage of tilting the surgery table during a procedure is what?
Term
The packs must sit in a well ventilated room for 7 days or 12-24 hours in an aerator.
Definition
After ethylene oxide gas sterilization, what must be done with the instruments?
Term
For non-invasive procedures
Definition
When is cold sterilization of instruments okay?
Term
brachycephalic
Definition
What breeds should you wait longer on to remove ET tubes?
Term
With hands clasped
Definition
When you are sterile gowned and gloved, how should your hands be placed?
Term
Let the surgery team known ASAP
Definition
When there has been a break in asepsis, what should you do?
Term
Endogenous sources
Definition
Anything that comes from the inside of the patient that reaches the wound/ surgical site via the blood stream.
Term
Exogenous sources
Definition
Anything that comes from the outside of the patient.
Term
Aseptic technique
Definition
The effort to keep a patient or area free from microorganisms as possible
Term
Temperature
Contact time of chemical or temperature
Mechanical removal.
Definition
There are 3 main factors that determine the degree to which pathogens are destroyed.
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